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architecture and design magazineFri, 09 Dec 2016 17:38:20 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.1M+ Museum's Asia-centric design collection goes on display for first timehttps://www.dezeen.com/2016/12/02/m-museum-asia-centric-design-exhibition-shifting-objectives-hong-kong-west-kowloon/
https://www.dezeen.com/2016/12/02/m-museum-asia-centric-design-exhibition-shifting-objectives-hong-kong-west-kowloon/#respondFri, 02 Dec 2016 00:00:04 +0000https://admin.dezeen.com/?p=1015400Craft, technology and "evolving notions of copying" are among the themes explored by one of the broadest collections of Asia-centric design, which has just gone on display in Hong Kong's new West Kowloon Cultural District. The Shifting Objectives exhibition provides a preview of the design objects held by the M+ museum of visual culture, due

]]>Craft, technology and "evolving notions of copying" are among the themes explored by one of the broadest collections of Asia-centric design, which has just gone on display in Hong Kong's new West Kowloon Cultural District.

"We have no set criteria except that whatever we collect should achieve what it's supposed to achieve, and it should do so well," M+ lead curator of design and architecture Aric Chen told Dezeen. "We take a pluralistic approach that aims to reflect the richness of design."

"That being said, there are certain narratives and themes that we've targeted to begin with, and so we start with works that help illustrate those stories."

Nirvana, 1981, by Uchida Shigeru

The Shifting Objectives exhibition, designed by Hong Kong-based studio Collective, explores those stories through two sections: Histories and Constellations.

While Histories is quite straightforward, Constellations takes a more experimental approach, exploring various themes affecting the design industry today through the juxtaposition of 40 objects.

Butterfly Stool, model 0521, 1956, by Yanagi Sori

Some of the themes explored in this section include the reinvention of craft, the effect of digitally enabled design and fabrication, and what M+ describes as "evolving notions of copying".

"I think, given where we are, copying is not just an especially resonant issue but also one in which we can perhaps offer a different take that's perhaps more nuanced, and not so black-and-white," said Chen.

Technical drawing, Copy-tiam Chair, 2012, by Hans Tan

This section of the exhibition includes examples of products made in Shenzhen and the surrounding manufacturing hubs of China, known for their designer reproductions. Chen has tried to show how, from that genesis, the manufacturing economy has moved towards innovation.

Other works in this section include the Imitation Imitation vase by Chinese designer Hao Zhenhan, who works with craftsmen in the antique reproduction industry, and the Copy-tiam Chair by Hans Tan, an open-sourced copy of a copy of the Thonet chair No.14.

Miss Blanche, designed 1988, made 2013, by Kuramata Shiro

Key designs in the Histories portion of exhibition include Shiro Kuramata's 1989 Miss Blanche chair, which sold for a record-breaking £269,000 at auction in 2015; Yanagi Sori's 1956 plywood Butterfly Stool; and French-Swiss architect Le Corbusier's 1952 Borne en Béton concrete light, created for the Indian city of Chandigarh.

All in all, the exhibition features just over 120 works from the museum's collection of 2,500 design objects.

Shifting Objectives: Design from the M+ Collection opened at M+ Pavilion on 30 November 2016 and continues until 5 February 2017.

]]>https://www.dezeen.com/2016/12/02/m-museum-asia-centric-design-exhibition-shifting-objectives-hong-kong-west-kowloon/feed/0M+ museum opens first gallery in West Kowloon Cultural Districthttps://www.dezeen.com/2016/08/01/m-museum-first-gallery-m-pavilion-west-kowloon-cultural-district-hong-kong-vpang-jet-lisa-cheung/
https://www.dezeen.com/2016/08/01/m-museum-first-gallery-m-pavilion-west-kowloon-cultural-district-hong-kong-vpang-jet-lisa-cheung/#commentsMon, 01 Aug 2016 11:02:41 +0000http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=946722The forthcoming M+ museum has opened its first exhibition space in Hong Kong's new cultural district: a mirror-clad pavilion that cantilevers out of a hillside (+ slideshow). As the first permanent facility to open in the fast-developing West Kowloon Cultural District, the M+ Pavilion will provide a new exhibition gallery for showcasing visual art, design and architecture. It will be

]]>The forthcoming M+ museum has opened its first exhibition space in Hong Kong's new cultural district: a mirror-clad pavilion that cantilevers out of a hillside (+ slideshow).The M+ Pavilion contains an exhibition gallery for the forthcoming M+ museum in Hong Kong

As the first permanent facility to open in the fast-developing West Kowloon Cultural District, the M+ Pavilion will provide a new exhibition gallery for showcasing visual art, design and architecture.

The next building to complete will be the Xiqu Centre, a Chinese operahouse designed by Bing Thom Architects, which is scheduled to open in 2018. This will be followed by a series of theatre spaces for outdoor festival Freespace.

Masterplanned by Foster + Partners, the West Kowloon Cultural District will eventually comprise 17 new cultural venues

M+ is scheduled to open in 2019, becoming one of the largest museums of visual culture in the world. Its main focus will be Asian art, design, architecture and film from the 20th and 21st centuries.

Ahead of the museum's opening, the M+ Pavilion will stage a series of shows displaying objects from its collection. Its inaugural exhibition will be a new commission from Hong Kong artist Tsang Kin-Wah, opening in September.

M+ is scheduled to open in 2019, becoming one of the largest museums of visual culture in the world. The building is designed by Herzog & de Meuron

After the museum has opened, the pavilion will be made available to the city's creative communities for exhibitions and events.

"Although this facility is modest in scale, its completion marks a significant milestone in the development of this major cultural undertaking in Hong Kong," said Carrie Lam, chairman of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority.

"We will continue to develop the WKCD into a world-class art and cultural hub where everyone may relax, be inspired and enjoy an extraordinary cultural experience."

]]>https://www.dezeen.com/2016/08/01/m-museum-first-gallery-m-pavilion-west-kowloon-cultural-district-hong-kong-vpang-jet-lisa-cheung/feed/4Herzog & de Meuron unveils updated design for Hong Kong M+ museumhttps://www.dezeen.com/2015/02/17/herzog-de-meuron-updated-design-hong-kong-m-museum-west-kowloon-cultural-district/
https://www.dezeen.com/2015/02/17/herzog-de-meuron-updated-design-hong-kong-m-museum-west-kowloon-cultural-district/#commentsTue, 17 Feb 2015 13:20:43 +0000http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=648037News: Herzog & de Meuron has revealed the latest images of its design for M+, the new museum of visual culture that recently broke ground in Hong Kong's West Kowloon Cultural District (+ slideshow). Set to become one of the largest museums of modern and contemporary visual culture in the world, the 60,000-square-metre building will be dedicated

Set to become one of the largest museums of modern and contemporary visual culture in the world, the 60,000-square-metre building will be dedicated to 20th- and 21st-century art, design, architecture and film from Asia and beyond.

Herzog & de Meuron's design is made up of two components – a semi-transparent tower housing a research centre, shops and restaurants, and a horizontal slab filled with exhibition galleries.

In a recent statement, the Swiss firm said this composition "reiterates the iconic character of Kowloon's skyline", but will also "make M+ a site of constant renewal, rather than being locked into a predefined form".

"This is a universal place with an inner organisation whose openness and transparency make it possible to link the complexities of the content and the space in many different ways. Through its specificity, it becomes a distinctive, singular and unmistakable piece of Hong Kong," it said.

"Above all, M+ is a public forum, a built platform for the exchange, encounter and activity of people and art."

The architects will also uncover an underground tunnel originally built for the city's Airport Express railway, creating an installation and performance area that will be named Found Space.

]]>https://www.dezeen.com/2015/02/17/herzog-de-meuron-updated-design-hong-kong-m-museum-west-kowloon-cultural-district/feed/7Construction of Herzog & de Meuron's M+ museum begins in Hong Konghttps://www.dezeen.com/2015/02/06/herzog-de-meuron-m-museum-construction-begins-west-kowloon-cultural-district/
https://www.dezeen.com/2015/02/06/herzog-de-meuron-m-museum-construction-begins-west-kowloon-cultural-district/#commentsFri, 06 Feb 2015 13:34:43 +0000http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=642489News: construction is now underway on M+, a new museum of visual culture in Hong Kong's West Kowloon Cultural District designed by Swiss firm Herzog & de Meuron. A ceremony on 29 January marked the ground breaking of the 60,000-square-metre museum dedicated to art, design, architecture and film, which is now scheduled for completion in 2018.

Construction of the Xiqu Centre, a venue for Chinese opera designed by Bing Thom Architects, is already in progress.

Herzog & de Meuron's design is made up of two components – a semi-transparent tower housing a research centre, shops and restaurants, and a horizontal slab filled with exhibition galleries.

"M+ is not just another museum," said Carrie Lam, chairman of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority . "It is a clear demonstration of a future for contemporary art in Hong Kong, and underscores the commitment of the government to enhance Hong Kong's position as an international art and culture metropolis."

"We have been searching for a right chief curator for years," said Nittve. "With his extensive knowledge and understanding of the contemporary art scene, not the least in Asia, Doryun is an extraordinary addition to our growing team," he added.

Since 2009, Chong has been the associate curator of painting and sculpture at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York. Prior to MoMA, he has held curatorial positions at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis and at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. He was the coordinator for the Korean Pavilion exhibition at the 2001 Venice Biennale as well as a co-curator of the 2003 exhibition Time After Time: Asia and Our Moment at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.

'I am extremely excited about M+'s vision of creating a unique twentieth and twenty-first century multidisciplinary institution of visual culture," said Chong.

"I look forward to working with the already accomplished, diverse team of curators at M+ to build a truly global museum that is also locally rooted and contribute to making Hong Kong a great cultural hub," he added.

It will be one of the first buildings to open in the West Kowloon Cultural District, which is being masterplanned by London office Foster + Partners and is set to contain a total of 17 cultural venues around a 14-hectare city park located in Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour.

In 2012, Dezeen spoke to M+ curator of art and design Aric Chen who told us that the M+ museum will take an unprecedented stance in "placing Asia at the centre" of design history, rather than on the periphery as western curators have done.